Hoop.



No. 678,0". Patented July 9, 19m.

A. MALTBY. I

HOOP.

'Application filed Apr. 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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HOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,011, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed April 6, 1900. Serial No. 11,812. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANSON MALTBY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hoops, of which the foltime may be shortened when applied to the point B, as at b.

knockdown receptacle so that its ends may not project over the edges of the connected staves when the latter are laid out in a plane.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the hoop as a whole. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in detail, of the interlocking ends of the hoop, showing the same in front elevation and separated. Fig. 3 is a view of the same in edge elevation. Fig. 4: is a view of the same in front elevation, showing them interlocked. Fig. 5 is an edge elevation of the same, showing in dotted. lines the position of the parts when midway of their locked position; and Figs. 6 and 7 are front and edge views of a modified form of hoop.

In the form represented in Figs. '1 to 5, inclusive, the hoop is composed of two strands of wire, while in the form represented in Figs. 6 and 7 it is composed of a single strand only.

When composed of two strands, Ipreferably form the hoop by leading the wire A'in opposite directions from some point intermediate of the ends-as," for example, the point B-- to theinterlocking ends where one branch of the wire'is turned to form a loop I) and extends thence back to a point opposite the around to the opposite end, where it is developed into an elongated loop 12 and is then returned and its end I) is locked to the end The opposite branch is led.

b of the opposite branch. The two wires are held together at the bases of the loops 5 b? by means of rings or collars O G, which may be slipped over the wire before the loops are formed.

In order to make the. hoops adjustable in length, I interlock with the elongated loop b a sliding link D, one end or bight of which passes around the outer sides of the loop 19 and between the sides, projecting thence toward the loop bin the opposite end of the hoop. A locking lever or dog E is pivotally secured'on the end of the loop I) and is pro vided on its face with a plurality of notches e for engaging the end of the link D. At its back and near its free end the locking lever or dog E is provided with one or more notches e for the reception of a locking-clip F, the opposite ends of which embrace the sides of the loop b and the bail of which is intended to slip over the end of the locking-lever E, as shown in Fig. 4, and engage the notch. e to hold the locking-lever in position.

When the hoop is attached to a series of barrel staves or slats, as is common when the barrel or other vessel is in its knockdown position, the link may be slid backwardly from the end of the elongated loop 12 to shorten the hoop, and thereby prevent any overhanging end which will be liable to catch and interfere with the pile of knockdown barrels or other vessels during their transit. When, however, the hoop is to be used, the link I) may be extended by sliding it as far as may be along the elongated loop b -as, for example, into the position shown in Figs. 4 and 5and its bight inserted in one of the notches e. The locking-lever E may then be passed through the link D and turned over intov position between the sides of the loop I) and there locked by the clip F.

In the form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the hoop is formed of a single-part, (denoted by A,) the loops corresponding to. the loops bb being formed'by turning back the ends-of the wire A and locking them to the main wire "in proximity to the loops.

What I claim is- V A hoop for knockdown barrels andthe like provided with loops at its ends, an intermediate sliding link engaged with one of said end loops, a locking-lever pivotally secured to a loop and provided with one or more notches for engaging the link at the opposite 5 end, and means for looking the said lockinglever in its engaged position to hold the hoop tightly drawn, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in pres ence of two witnesses, this 3d day of April, :0

ANSON MALTBY.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, O. S. SUNDGREN. 

